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Fast Forward Abbas Will Go to U.N. General Assembly for Statehood Bid, Diplomats Say
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas had informed the EU of his decision not to turn to the UN Security Council on September 20 to request that Palestine be accepted as a full member of the organization, senior diplomats told Haaretz. Abbas, who realizes that the United States will exercise its veto power at the Security…
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Fast Forward Egyptian Crowd Attacks Israeli Embassy in Cairo
A group of about 30 protesters broke into the Israeli Embassy in Cairo Friday and dumped hundreds of documents out of the windows after a day of demonstrations outside the building in which crowds swinging sledge hammers and using their bare hands tore apart the embassy’s security wall. Israel’s ambassador, Yitzhak Levanon, his family and…
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Fast Forward Israel Reportedly Gives Ground on Shalit Release Talks
srael has agreed to relax its demands in talks with Hamas geared at securing the release of abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper said on Friday. A basic bone of contention between Israel and Hamas in the ongoing Egypt-mediated negotiations has been Israel’s’ refusal to release a reported 120 Palestinian…
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Fast Forward Hamas Must Release Shalit Now, U.S. Says
Hamas must immediately and unconditionally release abducted Israel Defense Solder Gilad Shalit, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said on Wednesday, following a New York meeting with Shalit’s father, Noam Shalit. In a statement following Rice’s meeting with Shalit’s father, the U.S. UN envoy said she “expressed to Mr. Shalit the solidarity of…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Officially Launch Bid for Statehood
The Palestinian Authority on Thursday officially launched its campaign to join the United Nations as a full member state, a move it hopes to achieve within just a few weeks. In a letter addressed to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s Ramallah office, Palestinian officials urged the leader of the international community to “exert all possible…
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Fast Forward Abbas Won’t Back Down From Statehood Bid
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas refused Wednesday to back down from a bid to have the United Nations recognize Palestinian statehood, telling US officials the move did not contradict the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Abbas told visiting US Middle East peace envoy David Hale and US presidential adviser Dennis Ross that the Palestinian approach to the UN…
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Fast Forward Social Justice Activists Arrested in Tel Aviv
Approximately 100 social justice protesters demonstrated in front of the entrance of Tel Aviv’s City Hall Wednesday in response to the municipality’s attempt to evacuate the tent cities which were established in different neighborhoods in July. 20 protesters were forcefully arrested. The protesters marched with signs, and threw eggs and flowers at the entrance to…
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Fast Forward Settlers Vandalize Israeli Army Outpost
Israeli settlers in the West Bank vandalized an Israel Defense Forces base on Wednesday, carrying out a “price tag” operation against the army for the first time since adopting the policy in recent years. Unknown perpetrators infiltrated a base in the Binyamin region and snuck their way to a mechanics workshop on site, where they…
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